The Eiffel Tour/Tour Eiffel/ La Dame du Fer (The Iron Lady, not to be confused with the derogatory name given to Margaret Thatcher) celebrated its 130th anniversary last week on May 15.
To mark the historic occasion, the city hired the famous set and lighting designer Bruno Sellier, who designed the Notre Dame light show in 2017 and 2018, to design a special light show. The show was only displayed last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night, at 10, 11, & 12PM.
I went to Place Trocadero on Friday night to catch the 10AM show. Apparently, I was the only person who though of doing this; Exiting the metro, it was a swarm of people trying to claim their spot on the plaza of Palais de Challiot, which has one of the best views of the Eiffel Tower.
At 10PM, the usual five-minutes of the sparkle lights went off, and after a long wait (Impatient ex-New Yorker I still am, I said WTF, waiting for the show to begin). It was worth the wait, and the light show was beautiful and exhilarating, with a color range from black, to cobalt blue, hot pink, red, and gray. The lights moved so rapidly up and down the tower, that sometimes I hardly had time to capture it with my camera.
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August in Paris- My Marais Apartment for Rent August 16 to August 29
I am renting my Marais loft from August 16 to August 29 (Dates are flexible). Contrary to popular myth that Paris is closed in August, most shops, restaurants, and attractions are open in Paris, especially in the Marais. The weather is usually beautiful, temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s Fahrenheit during the day, dropping into the mid 60s at night. In case in gets warmer, I have an air conditioner in the bedroom and a large fan in the living area.
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If you love salted butter caramels, please watch my newest A Bite of Paris video about Henri Le Roux, the man who actually invented the salted butter caramel.
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